Sand and seed divot replacer for golfers

ABSTRACT

A sand and seed divot replacer including a pour spout having a female threaded portion integrally formed on the inner surface of the pour spout at an end distal from the pouring end. A bottle is provided having an open top and a closed bottom. The bottle including a male threaded portion located on the exterior of the main body portion adjacent the top for threadably mating with the female threaded portion of the spout. The bottom wall of the bottle including an indented portion. A holder is provided having a main body portion open at the top and closed at the bottom with a bottom wall. The holder is sized for receiving the bottle and spout. The bottom wall of the holder includes an indented portion sized for nesting in the indented portion of the bottle.

BACKGROUND OF INVENTION

[0001] The present invention relates to a sand and seed divot replacerfor use by golfers.

[0002] When golfing, golfers often form divots in the fairways whenmaking golf shots. Many golf courses request golfers to replace thedivots with a sand and seed mixture allowing new grass to form.

[0003] Known sand and seed divot replacers include a bottle with spout.The bottle is provided with a threadably removable bottom wall forclosing the bottom of the bottle. In order to fill these bottles, thebottle and spout are inverted and the threaded bottom wall removed. Theseed and sand mixture is then poured into the inverted bottle. Withthese devices, however, the spout needs to be closed when filling thebottle with the sand and seed mixture. This can be inconvenient and maycause loss of seed and sand mixture during the filling process. Further,the known sand and divot bottle kits include holders for holding thebottle. But with the known holders, the bottle is held loosely in theholder causing the bottle to rattle when a golf cart, to which theholder is mounted, is driven around the golf course.

[0004] With the present invention, many of the problems of the knownsand bottle kits are resolved. The spout is threadably mounted to thebottle, and when it is desired to fill the bottle, the threaded spout isremoved and the bottle simply filled. There is no loss of sand and seed,and there is no need to close the spout when filling the bottle.Further, a holder is provided which seats the bottle in the holder toprevent rattling.

SUMMARY OF INVENTION

[0005] The present invention includes a spout having an elongate spoutbody with a bent pour spout integrally formed at one end thereof. At theother end of the hollow spout body, a female threaded portion isintegrally formed on the inner surface of the spout body at the enddistal from the bent pour spout. A bottle is provided including acylindrically-shaped main body portion. This bottle is open at the topand closed at the bottom with a bottom wall. The bottle includes a malethreaded portion located on the exterior of the main body portionadjacent the top for threadably mating with the female threaded portionof the spout. The bottom wall further includes an indented hemisphericalportion centrally located. A holder is provided having a main bodyportion open at the top and closed at the bottom with a bottom wall. Theholder is sized for receiving the bottle and spout. The bottom wall ofthe holder means includes a plurality of cut-outs spaced around theperiphery of the bottom wall, and further includes an indentedhemispherical portion sized for nesting in the indented hemisphericalportion of the bottle. Further, the holder includes a mounting bracketintegrally formed to the exterior surface of the main body portion ofthe holder for mounting the holder to a support structure, such as agolf cart.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0006] In order that the invention may be clearly understood and readilycarried into effect, a preferred embodiment of the invention will now bedescribed, by way of example only, with reference to the accompanyingdrawings wherein:

[0007]FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the present invention completelyassembled;

[0008]FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a bottle and spout assembled inaccordance with the present invention;

[0009]FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the spout used with the presentinvention;

[0010]FIG. 4 is a front elevational view of the bottle used with thepresent invention;

[0011]FIG. 5 is a bottom view of the bottle shown in FIG. 4; and

[0012]FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a bottle holder according to thepresent invention.

DESCRIPTION OF A PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

[0013] A sand and seed divot replacer 10 is shown in FIG. 1. The sandand seed divot replacer 10 includes a bottle holder 12 for holding abottle 14 having a spout 16. The bottle 14 with spout 16 is shown inFIG. 2 being separated from holder 12.

[0014] As shown in FIG. 3, the spout 16 includes a main spout portion 20having a longitudinal axis. At one end of the main spout portion 20, anenlarged portion 21 is integrally formed thereto. Female threads 18 areintegrally formed on an interior surface of the enlarged portion 21. Atan end of the main spout portion 20, distal from the female threads 18,a bent pour spout 22 is integrally formed with the main spout portion20. The bent pour spout extends in a direction generally perpendicularto the longitudinal axis of the main spout portion 20. The spout 16 isopen through the enlarged end 21, the main spout portion 20 and thespout end 22.

[0015] The bottle 14 is shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, and includes a malethreaded top end 24 to be received by threaded lid 18 of spout 16.Bottle 14 further includes a cylindrically shaped main body portion 26and a closed end wall 28, as shown in FIG. 5. The end wall 28 includes aconcave hemispherical indented portion 30 extending toward the interiorof bottle 14.

[0016] The bottle holder 12 is shown in FIG. 6. The holder 12 includes acylindrical wall section 38 having an open top 40 and a bottom wall 42.The bottom wall includes a hemispherical indented portion 44 extendingtoward the interior of holder 12, which portion is sized to nest withinthe hemispherical indented portion 30 of bottle 14 when bottle 14 isplaced in holder 12. An axial hole 45 is provided in indented portion44.

[0017] The bottom wall 42 further includes three cutouts, 46, 48 and 50,as shown in FIG. 6.

[0018] The holder 12 further includes a mounting bracket 52 having screwholes 54 which, if desired, can be used to mount the holder to anappropriate surface of a golf cart, for example.

[0019] In operation, the bottle 14 is filled with seed and sand byunscrewing spout 16 from bottle 14, and filling bottle 14 with sand andseed. The spout 16 is then threaded onto bottle 14. The bottle 14 withspout 16 is then placed in bottle holder 12 for storage. With theindented portion 44 of holder 12 nesting within the indented portion 30of bottle 14, the bottle 14 is prevented from rattling when the golfcart is driven around the golf course. When it is desired to use bottle14 to fill a divot, the bottle 14 with spout 16 is removed from holder12 and sand and seed poured through spout end 22 into the divot to berepaired.

[0020] While the fundamental novel features of the invention have beenshown and described, it should be understood that various substitutions,modifications, and variations may be made by those skilled in the art,without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention.Accordingly, all such modifications or variations are included in thescope of the invention as defined by the following claims:

I claim:
 1. A sand and seed divot replacer comprising: a spout includingan elongate, hollow spout body having a hollow bent pour spoutintegrally formed at a first end thereof and a female threaded portionintegrally formed on the interior surface of the spout body adjacent asecond end thereof; a bottle including a main body portion open at thetop and closed at the bottom with a bottom wall; the bottle furtherincluding a male threaded portion on the exterior surface of the mainbody portion adjacent the open top for threadably mating with the femalethreaded portion of the spout; and a hollow holder means having a mainbody portion open at the top and closed at the bottom with a bottom wallfor holding the bottle and spout; the holder means sized to receive thebottle within the interior thereof; the holder means further including amounting bracket means integrally formed on the exterior surface of themain body portion of the holder means for mounting the holder to asupport structure.
 2. The sand and seed divot replacer of claim 1wherein the bottle has a cylindrical shape with a longitudinal axis, andwherein the bottom wall of the bottle includes an indented portionextending inwardly and wherein the bottom wall of the holder includes aplurality of cut-outs spaced around the periphery of the bottom wall andfurther includes an indented portion extending inwardly and positionedand sized for nesting in the indented portion of-the bottle when thebottle is positioned within the holder.
 3. The sand and seed divotreplacer of claim 2 wherein the indented portion of the bottle and theindented portion of the holder have a corresponding hemispherical shape.4. The sand and seed divot replacer of claim 3 wherein the bent pourspout extends in a direction generally perpendicular to the longitudinalaxis of the bottle.
 5. The said divot replacer of claim 4 wherein themain body portion of the spout includes an enlarged portion at thesecond end thereof and wherein the female threaded portion is positionedwithin the enlarged portion.